GENESEE FARMER. 



E.NdlJs^FI COTTAGE — BY R. RANLETT. (Fig. 19.) 



Rural Architecture. 



[ Wk pxiruct ilie following article from a recent number 

 of the American Journal of Agriculture and Science. It 

 contains some valuable suggestions ; and as the subject 

 of Rural Architecture is receiving much attention at the 

 present time, we think it will be perused with interest by 

 many of our readers. ] 



A SUBURBAN residence combines, to some ex- 

 tent, the advantages and pleasures of city and 

 country life, but does not contain either to the 

 full. A country residence affords, to the intel- 

 ligent mind and diligent hand, pleasures and 

 profits which are unknown in exclusive city life. 



For the last eight or ten years a decided taste 

 has been manifested in rural" architecture. The 

 newly built cottages that meet our eye in almost 

 every direction, tell us in plain language that 

 our countrymen have given some thought on the 

 construction of their dwellings; and instead of 

 consulting the nearest carpenter for a plan, 

 architects of known taste and skill have been 

 employed, and the consequence is, a taste for 

 beauty of style has been engendered of a most 

 happy character. 



How much of the beauty of a country, and of 



the ideas of the comfort and happiness of its in- 

 habitants, depends on the appearance of its 

 houses, and cottages, every person is aware. 

 The diflen nee between the best and the poorest 

 is sufficiently striking ; and the ideas of wealth, 

 comfort, order, and symmetry is every where 

 conspicuous. 



Utility is a beauty of itself, but there are higher 

 degrees of that sentiment excited by the ap- 

 pearance of convenience, of design, or intel- 

 ligence in contrivance, as displayed in the ele- 

 vation and general effect, and by classical imita- 

 tion or picturesque form in masses and details. 



We have been favored with a copy of the first 

 volume of " The Architect," by Wm. H. Ran- 

 LETT, containing a series of designs for domes- 

 tic and ornamental cottages and villas, &c. The 

 want of a work of such a nature has long 

 been felt. It will be found useful and con- 

 venient to those persons who design to build, as 

 well as the professional architect and citizen. 



The volume consists often numbers, and con- 

 tains twenty-one original designs of rural resi- 

 dences — cottages and villas — accompanied with 

 remarks on rural architecture, origin of style, 

 with plans and descript'ons of all the parts in 



